Sysadmin Lab

Sure, you can use the GUI Servermanager to add/remove/list roles, but for the hardcode sysadmin, Powershell is the way to go. Start Powershell as admin and run: Import-Module ServerManager Get, list roles and features and status: Get-WindowsFeature Add, install a role or feature RSAT AD Tools: Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-Tools You can add multiple roles and features to install at the same time: Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADCS,RSAT-AD-Tools,PowerShell-ISE Remove, uninstall a role or feature: Remove-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-Tools That’s the basics… but here are some more useful [...]

I often create GPO:s which Assign a certain software and make sure that I have a domain group which contain the computer where I want the software installed and then I make sure Security Filtering of the GPO doesn’t contain Authenticated Users but only the group. That way, I control which computers get that software. But what if someone later uninstall the software manually? No matter reboots, the software will not be re-installed by the GPO. How do you force [...]

Creating an unattended installation of Windows 8 Developer Preview with MDT, can it be done? The answer is yes! However, you will have to make some small changes since MDT is not designed to deploy Windows 8. This guide is written using Windows Server 2008 R2, MDT 2010 Update 1 and Windows 8 Developer Preview x64. The Developer Preview requires you to set the product key type in MDT to Retail. Otherwise, you will get a nice looking error message. [...]